Adjective : pendentive corbeling. From Dictionary.com.
The westernmost pendentive on either side rests on a. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
The last pendentive of the vaulting rests on a single shaft springing directly from a head-corbel. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
The most remarkable part of the structure is the cupola, terminating in an octagonal lantern, and supported on pendentive arches. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The cupola of the chancel rests on circular pendentive arches springing from four granite columns which stood formerly in the temple of Augustus. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
There is foliage upon the capitals of these vaulting-shafts, and upon the capital and base of that which supports the last pendentive of the vaulting. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric] Reference
The angel figures of the pendentive are worthy of notice. From Wordnik.com. [Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation] Reference
The true pendentive does not appear in these two churches. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised] Reference
Above it was a pendentive roof, richly carved and coloured. From Wordnik.com. [There was a King in Egypt] Reference
The pendentive of our illustration contains St. John with St. Augustine. From Wordnik.com. [Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation] Reference
The Arabic stalactite pendentive star-panelling and geometrical interlace are rarely if ever seen. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised] Reference
As in the pendentive of St. John and St. Augustine, the angel figures add an element of beauty to the picture. From Wordnik.com. [Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation] Reference
There is not much in the figure of our pendentive to suggest the stern and fearless prophet of the wilderness. From Wordnik.com. [Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation] Reference
Notice also the exquisite pendentive of the roof at the point of intersection of the nave and short false transepts. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 France and the Netherlands, Part 1] Reference
The uncovered mosaic is located in the pendentive, an arched triangular section supporting the building's huge dome. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
The playful little fellow on the clouds below St. Matthew's feet looks across at the sprites of the opposite pendentive. From Wordnik.com. [Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation] Reference
The angel figures of this pendentive are among the most beautiful and characteristic of the myriad throng of the cupola. From Wordnik.com. [Correggio A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation] Reference
The pendentive dome, sustained by four or eight arches over a square or octagonal plan, is not found in true Roman buildings. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised] Reference
The pendentive upon which the prophet Jonah sits, descends and breaks the surface at the top, leaving a semicircular compartment on each side of its corbel. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti] Reference
The dome on the square plan is almost universal, but neither the Byzantine nor the Arabic pendentive is used, striking and original combinations of vaulting surfaces, of corner squinches, of corbelling and ribs, being used in its place. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised] Reference
The large saloon on the principal floor-a room about 66 feet long by 30 feet wide-has a very remarkable ceiling of the pendentive type, which presents many peculiarities, the most notable of which, that these not only depend from the ceiling, but the outside ones spring from the walls in a natural and structural manner. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference
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